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Sherborne Town FC

In the season 2003/4, the club finished in fourth and also won the Dorset Senior
County Cup. An application was made to the Western League but the Dorset
Premier League refused to grant consent.

However, with the last game of the 2005-6 season Sherborne produced an
excellent performance to beat Bridport Reserves 2-0 away to secure the runners-up
position, and days later the news broke that the club had at last been accepted into
the Western League.
The first campaign in the Western League First Division proved one of
consolidation, before earning promotion as runners-up to Wellington the next
season under the guidance of Kevin Leigh.

Sherborne started life in the Premier Division with a new manager at the helm, as
Nik Flory assumed the reins. However, Leigh was back in charge before the
season's end, despite the club securing mid-table safety largely thanks to a 13-
game unbeaten run.
Leigh stepped down for a second time in August 2009, replaced by former Yeovil
Town striker Mickey Spencer. Relegation was avoided on the last day of the season,
with Spencer's impact shining through at the start of the 2010-11 campaign.
On Saturday 25 September 2010 Sherborne played arguably the biggest game of
their 116-year history as they hosted Hungerford Town in the FA Cup Second Round
Qualifying - the furthest they have ever reached in the competition.
Spencer left the club in November 2011 and was succeeded by player turned
manager Jamie Manley. Despite a strong push towards the end of the season, the
club was relegated to the First Division by the smallest of margins.
The 2012/13 season saw Sherborne return to the Premier League at the first time
of asking and as First Division Champions; Jamie Manley also won the league's
Manager of the Year award.
At the end of the season, the club secured substantial funding from The Football
Stadia Improvement Fund, Viridor Credits Environmental Company, Sherborne
Town Council and West Dorset District Council to improve the clubhouse facilities
and renovate the pitch.

Ex Sheffield United, Yeovil Town and Weymouth midfielder Gerry Pearson was
installed as the 1st team manager for the 2016/17 season. Gerry worked tirelessly
to preserve the clubs Premier League status but unfortunately, the club was
relegated at the end of the season.

Former assistant manager Wayne Jerome took over the hot seat in 2018 and has
built a very competitive team turning the club’s fortunes around, cumulating in a
2nd and promotion position in the COVID 19 season which was deemed null and
void.